KALA HARI is the solo project of Hélder José Martins, his musical journey started around the age of 15 playing bass and drums in garage bands for many years. Searching for new sounds, in the dawn of the new millenium, he discovered the electronic dance music in the goa trance parties and he felt a deep connection to it! Few years later he started to mix some chill tunes in the chill out floor of parties and festivals around Portugal! Around 2008 he began to compose and produce is own sounds in form of downtempo, psychill ambient tracks and so Kala Hari project was born! Nowadays he as already released tracks on records like Ovnimoon, Uxmal, Plusquam, Ajnavision, Psyderweb, BoomOne Records,heremixed artists like Lemonchill and Dubtrack and has played in festivals such as Freedom Festival, Cosmic Gate, ZNA Festival and Midnight Sun Festival (Norway).

In Sept 2013 he released is début álbum “Land of Solar Dust” on Psyderweb Records(Netherlands) and an Ep “Into a New Dawn” that was launched in the16th of June 2014 by the mexican label Uxmal Records.

In the near future Kala Hari will be joining the Mystic Sound Records artists crew. Smooth mindtravelling melodies, dubby vibes, downtempo rythms, tribal influenced beats and a touch of ethnic music mixed with real live instruments like guitar, bass and percussions are elements that are always presented in his music.